religion debates

What is the ideal age for baptism?

• Infancy (Catholics)
• the majority of churches do so.
• in 150 AD, when parents were converted they asked for their children to be baptised.
• for membership
• to welcome the baby
• 'Let the children come to me.'
• Celebration of birth
• When they commit (Baptists)
• The early church tradition was to baptise converts.
• Jesus and the apostles had believers baptism.
• You have to make your own commitment , you remember the ceremony and understand.
• 'Go make disciples of all nations, baptise the nation'.